Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From ![]() Hitchhiking, 1952–61 58From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at the attitude towards hitchhiking in Halifax 1952-61 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 3 | 2014 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() Hockey Night in Canada |
The author recalls the death of a co-worker from AIDS, how a group of gay friends cared for one of their own who was dying of AIDS while his family watched Hockey Night in Canada, and his own … | Berend McKenzie | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Hold Fast to ThisFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Five explores Louise’s relationship with Leonard "Len" Lawrence. The chapter discusses her move to Cabane, her mother’s visit to Canada, her marriage to Len, and … | Merilyn Simonds | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
![]() NEW! Holden After & BeforeLove Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose |
With poignant honesty and a heart laid bare, Holden After and Before is a beautiful and moving elegy to a son lost to overdose. Holden After and Before is a moving meditation on grief in the same … | Tara McGuire | 356 | 2022 | View |
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From ![]() NEW! Holding the Community Close to Fight RacismPart 4. Getting Your Story Out From: Women Winning Office |
In Holding the Community Close to Fight Racism Nash explores how to fight racism, Islamophobia, sexism, ableism, transphobia, and other forms of hate through listening to and elevating the voices … | Peggy Nash | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() Holding the LineFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo describes the weight of her work stress and how it manifested physically. She describes some joy she was able to find in her friends. | Janet Merlo | 8 | 2013 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter Eleven |
Holes and Grey | Khodi Dill | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
![]() Holocaust to ResistanceMy Journey |
Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis … | Suzanne Berliner Weiss | 320 | 2019 | View |
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From ![]() HomeFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Talks about the house he grew up in | Jim Bennet | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Home AgainFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A young black woman recounts how she became pregnant and quit school and how her boyfriend forces her to get an abortion which becomes the reason she finally leaves him. | Jade M. Brooks | 14 | 2017 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Home. AgainFrom: Walking Away from Hate |
Jeanette Manning; Lauren Manning | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Home Sweet Home (Oru lea buoret go jodi)Community and Sovereighty: Section 3 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter is an interview with Anne Lajla Utsi and Liisa Holmberg conducted by Anna Hudson. Discussing COVID-19, Sámi art, Indigenuity, and reflections on the Home Sweet Home Project. | Anna Hudson; Anne Lajla Utsi; Liisa Holmberg | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() HomecomingFrom: A Communist for the RCMP |
Dennis Gruending | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! HomecomingsFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter reiterates the depth of scars left behind by colonialism and the residential school system on Indigenous communities, scars left behind by Japanese Canadian internment and … | Ian Kennedy | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Homeless Youth Are Still Dying of AIDS |
This essay describes the author’s experiences as a homeless "baby dyke," and how terror surrounding AIDS effected her at a young age. She later received the kind of sex eduation … | Sassafras Lowrey | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() HondurasFrom: Exile |
Belen Fernandez | 32 | 2020 | $3.20 Add |


















